I've stayed up all night trying to get my satin ice fondant to roll out with out cracking everywhere. I've tried everything I've got the groom's cake and the 3 teir wedding cake im suppose to cover in this stuff and it's due sat.!!! Any ideas for making the fondant work? The closest I got was a "sticky" ball of fondant that still cracked. Didnt know that was possible. All i want to do is cover the groom's cake so I can go sleep for 4 hrs lol.

Ok, first we need to know what you have tried.

Did you knead it with shortening? Maybe you added to much PS or Cornstarch when rolling it out. I have had trouble with Satin Ice as well, I would much rather work with MMF. Perhaps add no PS and roll it out on a silpat... that way you can use shortening when rolling it out.

tried cornstarch on the counter, powdered sugar on the counter, crisco on the counter. Tried kneading it longer, tried adding crisco into the fondant when it looked dry...adding powered sugar when it got sticky....rolling it thicker...rolling it thinner. I dont even get to the point where i can attempt to put it on the cake...it just breaks when kneeding it. [/list]

I agree. Start over. Run to your craft store and buy Wilton's fondant. It may not be the tastiest, but it is quite easy to work with. It's possible your fondant is overworked and has too many 'non-fondant' ingredients in it now. Take a DEEP breath. It will all be okay.

well i still have half of the big tub i bought left. so i will try again (now that ive had a few hours of sleep lol ) do u think if i have to use satin ice on some teirs and wilton on another it will be ok? i guess i could airbrush the whole thing with a pearl sheen......

I don't know if there would be a slight color variation because I haven't compared them... but if you have more satin ice than you should try that first. Good luck. Post a pic when you're done - I'm sure it will turn out great. That always happens to me: total nightmare cakes usually turn out the best.

Try blending in some Wilton with your Satin Ice.

Sandy

Sorry, but you overworked that first batch to death.

I use SI all of the time. I knead in just the tiniest bit of crisco and roll on vinyl smeared with an invisible bit of crisco. CS is drying and PS makes it sticky if there's the slightest bit of humidity.

Too much crisco doesn't "moisten" fondant. It changes the balance and makes it separate.

I agree that the best bet is to go get some Wilton and mix it with the BAD batch to start with so that you don't waste so much SI--1/3 Wilton to 2/3 SI should give you a nice tasting product that is easy to work with. When you get to the "newer" SI, do the same thing and you shouldn't have the same problems at the get go.

I use the 1/3 Wilton+2/3 other fondant mix all of the time to overcome stickieness, softness, dryness, etc. with other brands all of the time. Wilton--the universal donor of fondants!

HTH
Rae

Oh man, I hate when that happens. I feel for ya. I hate SI fondant. I've never had good luck with it and I've tried it several times...cracking, sagging, elephant skin...all of the above. A friend of mine bought some for a wedding cake and she had trouble with it as well. I don't know if they have poor quality control or what, but she ditched that batch and bought a new bucket (yes, all that money down the drain) and it worked well enough that she got the cake done but it was a chore.

If you mix some modeling chocolate, made with white chocolate (white choc. chips are fine), and mix that with the Wilton, it actually tastes like the white chocolate and I find the workability VERY good. This may be too late to help this time, but maybe it'll come in handy with the next cake.

[quote="I use the 1/3 Wilton+2/3 other fondant mix all of the time to overcome stickieness, softness, dryness, etc. with other brands all of the time. Wilton--the universal donor of fondants!

HTH
Rae[/quote]

Ditto That!!!!!

I use SI exclusively and have never had a problem with it. I knead it on a surface buffed with shortening and with shortening on my hands and then roll it out with a tiny bit of shortening on the surface and my rolling pin.